Greektown Casino Emerges from Bankruptcy

Posted by Bingo Bob at 1:19 pm on Thursday, July 29th, 2010

On June 28th of this year, the Michigan Gaming Board made effective Geeektown’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan.
In our previous post about Greektown’s troubles, we discussed the recent difficulties that Greektown Casino has been having with their management and property. The newly appointed chairman to the board of directors, is the former president and chief operating [...]

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Ann Arbor Ranked as “Best Place to Live”

Posted by Bingo Bob at 10:55 am on Thursday, July 29th, 2010

When we come across a news article like this feature in Money Magazine, we can not help but feel some home state pride.

Source
Money Magazine has rated Ann Arbor, Michigan #46 in the top 100 places to live. And we certainly won’t argue the point. (We might even rank it higher!) While it has a [...]

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Greektown Casino Troubles Pile Higher

Posted by Bingo Bob at 9:32 am on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

According to the news article at the Detroit News, investors in the the troubled Greektown Casino claim the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians can not invoke federal laws to assert ownership of the casino property.
Greektown Casino has had some problems previously finding management to run the casino before June 30th. But now [...]

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Bingo Halls Help Support Local Charities

Posted by Bingo Bob at 2:08 pm on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Gulf Breeze Bingo helps support local charities through the games they host.

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Bingo World Expo 2010 Video King PowerPlay

Posted by Bingo Bob at 8:21 am on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Here’s a look at the Video King Powerplay demo that was set up on the conference floor. Video King continues to provide high-quality electronic bingo handhelds and accounting systems.
Then there was this hand held touch based system by VideoKing called PowerPlay. The demo area below shows a sample setup.
It has two kinds of tablets [...]

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Bingo World Expo 2010 Cosmic Bingo

Posted by Bingo Bob at 3:28 pm on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

While not the greatest picture, we did snap a picture of a Cosmic Bingo Logo from a casino in Minnesota. Cosmic Bingo is a fun and exciting bingo game that is becoming quite popular. Check out our blog posting about cosmic bingo that we did a little while back and see how it is drawing [...]

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Bingo World Expo 2010

Posted by Bingo Bob at 3:11 pm on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

This years Bingo World Expo was hosted down in Biloxi, Mississippi by BingoWorld! and the Southern Gaming Summit.
We had a great time down there enjoying all the sights and attractions that Biloxi and the Bingo World Expo had to offer. Also the nice weather was welcome relief from the chilly temperature and rain we had [...]

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Wholesale Bingo Supplies Announces Scholarship Winner

Posted by Bingo Bob at 10:54 am on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

We are happy to announce the winner of our 2010 Wholesale Bingo Supplies Scholarship! And, the winner is (drumroll)………..
Theodore A. from Villa Park, California
Congratulations to Theodore and thanks to everyone for participating. Check back later for details on Theodore’s winning submittal.
As we stated in a previous post, we were really thrilled with the amount of [...]

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Cosmic Bingo the New Rage in Bingo?

Posted by Bingo Bob at 7:59 am on Saturday, April 17th, 2010

What is Cosmic Bingo? It’s the new rage in bingo that’s spreading across the country!

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BingoWorld Approaches…

Posted by Bingo Bob at 7:35 am on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

BingoWorld, the world’s largest bingo expo, has joined forces with the Southern Gaming Summit, the largest regional gaming conference and trade show in the country, for this year’s bingo exhibit. Highlights include a full conference program with a large selection of bingo conference sessions that will provide training for bingo managers, hundreds of exhibitors [...]

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